Clinton Rosette Middle School

Clinton Rosette Middle School, an average-sized middle-grades school in DeKalb, Illinois, run under DeKalb CUSD 428, works with 575 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

DeKalb CUSD 428 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,771 students. Clinton Rosette Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Clinton Rosette Middle School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 26% Black, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Clinton Rosette Middle School lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Clinton Rosette Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clinton Rosette Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $70,724, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), Clinton Rosette Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Littlejohn Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clinton Rosette Middle School. On composite proficiency, Clinton Rosette Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.6%.

Clinton Rosette Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.